Diagnostic embryoscopy and fetoscopy in the first trimester of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1237-1246

  Ville, Y ^a   Khalil, A ^a   Homphray, T ^a   Moscoso, G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryoscopy; External fetal abnormality; Fetoscopy

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ENDOSCOPE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WASTAGE; FIBEROSCOPE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES; AMNIOCENTESIS; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031458583     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199712)17:13<1237::AID-PD299>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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